first time frog owner advices

[Lija]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

-you need to take your heat pad from the bottom and place it in a side.
-humidity and temperature gauges need to be in a middle, not the cooler side
- temps are too low. You have 26C, it is ok for night, (25-26c) but during a day it should be a bit higher (27-28C)
- Sensor should be about 2-3 cm above the substrate.
- humidity should be 70-80%
- food - atherine... No idea what that is... Is it silverside? A smelt type of fish?
use nightcrawlers or earthworms, dusted in ca/vit d3 2xweek and multivitamins 1xweek. If you can find dubia - these are fine too. You need to stuff him, literally, give as much food as he can eat at a time every day.

[silla945]

Thank you guys! I'll check for poop when he leaves its burrow!

For what regarding the temperature, how can i manage it? i Mean, i have a 7W heatpad on the side now that is making one side of the tank temp 26C, but what about the cooler side? Temp there is room alike, it never changes, and the frog NEVER used this area yet. How can i raise it?

Talking about food: since this guys is captivity born, he was used to eat this Atherines 3 times a day for 3 times a week(this fish is so good for the frog that you don't even need calcium, the breeder said), do i need to change his diet on a time basis and add vitamines to that, or i can stay with this kinda diet and just add vitamines one a week?

Thanks again!!

[Lija]

Now if only I knew what atherine is can you post pic of it?

heat pad, especially this small that you have wont help much. I prefer ceramic heat emitters or infrared lamps, plugged into hydroterm. ( controller). Instead of hydroterm you can use dimmers, more headache though to find tune the readings.

[silla945]

http://www.jcpoiret.com/bapw/images/..._copyright.jpg
This is an Atherine

Anway, i will buy one ceramic emitter and plug it in the thermostate so i can reach desired temperature(How many watts?), but won't it dry the air inside? I just have a spray to reach the correct humidity, used by hand everytime that is needed(wondering how can i control humidity while i'm away without spending loadsa money).

Edit: Oh, forgot to mention, my frog is an albino!!!!

[Lija]

All right! Got it lol

yeah that looks like silverside, it's ok, but not as a main diet. As a treat, absolutely, as a main diet, no.

With the frogs the variety is a key, if a frog eats defrosted fish, he sure won't have a problems with earthworms or anything else you put in your tongs

albino care is the same, except you need to avoid UvB and any bright light.

humidity - you need to cover fully or partially your screen top, it would help. If you are covering fully, you need to cut a hole a bit bigger then diameter of your lamp for it. I usually use tin foil for it.